todays results 02/08

New Ravens 8 Birmingham Bulldogs 98.. Ravens finished their regular league season beaten by a far superior bulldogs team in every department.

Positives from the season is that for the first time in our 8 yrs that we have 100% completion rate for fixtures which was one of our key targets for the season and has made a pleasant change for me not to have to call up the opposition night before the game and having to cry off.

Other key target was to make the Midlands 1 playoffs by finishing in 5th to 8th place and finished in 8th place with a trip to Leicester A next week the reward.

Next season targets will be the same and to be higher up the table if possible, and also to kick start the juniors again with only having had u-11's this season now that we will have 4 more qualified coaches at the club come end of august.

Great news and small steps are right. Today North Derbyshire Chargers completed their first fixtured season with 100%. From the birth of Chesterfield Spires its taken 8 seasons to get there but I'm sure they will kick on too.

Great news and small steps are right. Today North Derbyshire Chargers completed their first fixtured season with 100%. From the birth of Chesterfield Spires its taken 8 seasons to get there but I'm sure they will kick on too.

Better to do it when you're ready than to go too fast and implode. We were a bit unlucky to finish bottom - really good performances against Telford and Birmingham that bode well for next season if we can get a consistent team out. It was the "winnable" games where we turned in our worst performances.

I would actually ban teams from the playoffs who don't achieve 100% - because of holidays and an enforced change in kick-off time we travelled with 11 yesterday, as I believe the Ravens did at least once this season. At the very least, there should be a points penalty.

We will be there Tim. This year was about stabilising the club at a new venue, we are ready to push on now. Although I don't know if going straight into a league with Telford and Birmingham in would be ideal for us. I do have an alternative structure in mind but won't bore anyone with that.

One way to introduce more fixtures would be the creation of a Midlands Cup competition for tier 4. If it was a knockout cup it could add up to 4 extra fixtures to the season. If clubs wanted a longer season they would have to ensure a good cup run. Could also add another event to the Midlands RL calendar.